On the first weekend of the 888poker XL Inferno Series, things kicked off with three new tournaments on the schedule. Most of the attention went out to the $30,000 8-Max, where over 3500 participants competed for the first prize of over $9,000. Let's take a look at this tournament and the results of the other events that played out on Saturday.

888poker XL Inferno #7 - $30,000 8-Max

Buy-in

Date

Players

Prize pool

$109

May 17

506

$50,600

The XL Inferno #7 - $30,000 8-Max kicked off at 20:00 GMT. After late registration closed, there were 506 registered players. That resulted in a pretty big prize pool of $50,600 with $9,614 reserved for the winner. More than nine hours were played before a champion was crowned.

"rickybarbosa" battled against "SpielerKind" and in the end, the aforementioned won against his or her opponent to be crowned the winner. But before that happened, the two final players made a deal where "rickybarbosa" received a prize of $9,148 and the runner-up $7,550.

888poker XL Inferno #7 - $30,000 8-Max Final Table Results

Position

Player

Country

Prize

1

rickybarbosa

-

$9,148*

2

SpielerKind

Ukraine

$7,550*

3

VL1fish3BV

Romania

$5,313

4

NakedNaked

Ukraine

$3,795

5

Brounoc

United Kingdom

$2,530

6

psyhoagromor

Ukraine

$1,771

7

NinyaWarrior

-

$1,265

8

cosmiNik

Romania

$1,012

*heads-up deal

888poker XL Inferno #8 - $12,000 Mini 8-Max

Buy-in

Date

Players

Prize pool

$8.80

May 17

2,356

$18,848

There was also a Mini Edition of the 8-Max on the schedule for the players who couldn't afford the biggest buy-in ($109) of the day. To compete in this tournament, players had to pay the buy-in of $8.80 and there were 2,356 players competing for a prize pool of $18,848. Every finalist in this tournament would secure him- or herself of $188 but all eyes were on the top prize of $3,299.

That top prize went to the Russian player "krakadiller", who won this event after defeating "AAtreyu2199" in the deciding heads-up. The runner-up received a prize of $2,356 for his or her efforts.

888poker XL Inferno #8 - $12,000 Mini 8-Max Final Table Results

Position

Player

Country

Prize

1

krakadiller

Russia

$3,299

2

AAtreyu2199

Costa Rica

$2,356

3

bdman99

Canada

$1,824

4

3thereal

United Kingdom

$1,319

5

RasAIGhul

Germany

$942

6

KSamonskis

Lithuania

$565

7

ArturEfendi

Russia

$377

8

danu87

India

$188

888poker XL Inferno #9 - $15,000 Late 8-Max

Buy-in

Date

Players

Prize pool

$55

May 17

439

$21,950

The last winner of the day was crowned in the XL Inferno #9 - $15,000 Late 8-Max. This event was played by 439 players to create a prize pool of $21,950, easily reaching the guaranteed prize pool. "Gat0rbl00d" from Canada won the event for $3,729 after defeating the British player "GeeTeeWoah" in the final heads-up.

888poker XL Inferno #9 - $15,000 Late 8-Max Final Table Results

Position

Player

Country

Prize

1

Gat0rbl00d

Canada

$3,729*

2

GeeTeeWoah

United Kingdom

$3,625*

3

19Punisher02

Romania

$2,360

4

kaljan444

Ukraine

$1,701

5

pipedreamKim

Canada

$1,152

6

OsirisPkr

Russia

$823

7

Aco_Zeko

Croatia

$604

8

CoinShipper

Russia

$494

*heads-up deal

Full 2020 888poker XL Inferno Schedule

Date

Event

Time

Name

Buy-in

Guarantee

17th May

10

18:00

Tune Up

$109

$150,000

11

18:00

Mini Tune Up

$16.50

$50,000

12

18:30

Micro Tune Up

$5.50

$15,000

13

20:00

Late Tune Up

$55

$20,000

18th May

14

18:00

R&A Event

$33

$20,000

15

18:00

Mini R&A

$5.50

$10,000

16

19:00

Late R&A

$16.50

$15,000

19th May

17

18:00

High Roller

$320

$100,000

18

18:00

Mini High Roller

$55

$30,000

19

20:00

Late High Roller

$109

$20,000

20th May

20

18:00

PKO

$109

$50,000

21

18:00

Mini PKO

$16.50

$20,000

22

20:00

Late PKO

$33

$10,000

21st May

23

18:00

PKO 8-Max

$160

$50,000

24

18:00

Mini PKO 8-Max

$22

$20,000

25

20:00

Late PKO 8-Max

$55

$20,000

22nd May

26

17:00

DeepStack

$55

$30,000

27

17:00

Mini DeepStack

$16.50

$20,000

28

19:00

Late DeepStack

$33

$15,000

23rd May

29

18:00

6-Max

$109

$30,000

30

18:00

Mini 6-Max

$16.50

$20,000

31

20:00

Late 6-Max

$55

$15,000

24th May

32

17:00

Main Event

$250

$500,000

33

17:30

Mini Main Event

$33

$50,000

34

18:00

Micro Main Event

$5.50

$20,000

You can qualify for the XL Inferno Main Event for free thanks to special qualifier tournaments running at 888poker. New depositing players receive a free ticket to a Main Event Qualifier in addition to a free $88 just for creating an account (this is a free £20 for residents of the UK). That first deposit is also matched 100% up to a maximum of $888, which is more than double the size of the bonus advertised on the 888poker website!

Join 888poker and see if you can qualify for one of the big buy-in XL Inferno events and take one down under the watchful eyes of the PokerNews live reporters.

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